The 2001 AFL draft consisted of a state draft, a body draft, a pre-season draft and a trade period. The

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is the annual draft of players by

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teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the

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(AFL). In 2001 there were 83 picks to be drafted between 16 teams in the national draft. The Fremantle Dockers originally received the first pick in the national draft after finishing on the bottom of the ladder in the

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but they traded it to Hawthorn for Trent Croad. The No.1 draft pick was Luke Hodge, who became the first No.1 draft pick in many seasons to play in a premiership side. The draft is known widely as the "superdraft" due to the recruitment of modern star players such as

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Chris Judd Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is regarded as one of the grea ...

, Jimmy Bartel, Nick Dal Santo, Steve Johnson, Sam Mitchell,

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, Gary Ablett, Brian Lake, Matthew Boyd, James Kelly, Dane Swan, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Campbell Brown, and David Hale. All of the aforementioned players have played in at least one

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; all but Dal Santo and Montagna have played in a premiership team; and Judd, Mitchell, and Hodge (three times) have captained their respective teams to victories in the

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and

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grand finals. Furthermore, Judd (

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), Bartel (

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), Ablett (

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), Swan (

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) and Mitchell (

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) have also won the

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, the award for the best and fairest player in a season, while Judd (

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), Johnson (

), Hodge (

and

), Bartel (

) and Lake (

) have all won a

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, which is awarded to the best player on-field in the AFL Grand Final.

Trades

''In alphabetical order of new clubs''

2001 national draft

Notes

2002 rookie draft

2002 pre-season draft

Honours

Brownlow Medallists: *Chris Judd: 2004 and 2010 *Jimmy Bartel: 2007 *Gary Ablett, Jr.: 2009 & 2013 *Dane Swan: 2011 *Sam Mitchell: 2012 Norm Smith Medallists: *Chris Judd: 2005 *Steve Johnson: 2007 *Luke Hodge: 2008, 2014 *Jimmy Bartel: 2011 *Brian Lake 2013 Premierships: *Lewis Roberts-Thomson: 2005, 2012 *Adam Schneider: 2005 *Chris Judd: 2006 *Mark Seaby: 2006 *Steven Armstrong: 2006 *Ashley Hansen: 2006 *Quinten Lynch: 2006 *Jimmy Bartel: 2007, 2009 and 2011 *Luke Hodge: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 *Rick Ladson: 2008 *Campbell Brown: 2008 *James Kelly: 2007, 2009 and 2011 *Gary Ablett, Jr.: 2007, 2009 *Steve Johnson: 2007, 2009 and 2011 *Dane Swan: 2010 *Luke Ball: 2010 *James Podsiadly, 2011 *Martin Mattner: 2012 *Sam Mitchell: 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015 *Brian Lake: 2013, 2014, 2015 *David Hale: 2013, 2014, 2015 *Matthew Boyd: 2016

References

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